JP2007203480A - Multiuse document holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document holder having a plurality of use application. <P>SOLUTION: This multiuse document holder consists of a main panel, a first and a second sub-panels respectively arranged adjoining to the longitudinal edge parts of the main panel, a document housing part formed at the lower part of the main panel, an upper flap arranged at the upper side of the main panel and gusset portions provided between the main panel and the first sub-panel, between the main panel and the second sub-panel and between the upper flap and the main panel so constitute as to use the holder as a briefcase by bendingly piling the first sub-panel on the second sub-panel, further to use it as a mailing envelope by bendingly fixing the upper flap to the upper part of the first sub-panel and furthermore to use it as a document setting stand by joining the tip of the first sub-panel and that of the second sub-panel together through the folding-back of the first sub-panel and of the second sub-panel to the side opposite to the side at which the document housing part locates. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a versatile document holder for storing documents. Documents stored in the multipurpose document holder of the present invention include catalogs, company guides, quotations, recording media (CD, DVD), business cards, and the like.

  Various types of holders for storing documents such as catalogs have been proposed in relation to shape, model, material, and the like.

  However, for example, if the catalog or company guide is in the form of a brochure, the information will become obsolete if there is a change or addition, etc., and the document before the change can no longer be used, so printing costs are wasted. There is an inconvenience. Further, there is a demand for a holder for storing documents that can be used not only for one application but also for a plurality of applications.

  The present invention has been devised in view of such a situation, and even if only a part of the document information is changed, if only the changed part is discarded, other documents are Is intended to provide a versatile document holder that can be used.

  The multi-purpose document holder according to claim 1 is a rectangular whose outer periphery is defined by a pair of opposed longitudinal edges and a pair of opposed transverse edges provided so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal edges. The main panel, a first vertical edge having the same length as the vertical edge of the main panel, an upper lateral edge provided perpendicular to the first vertical edge, the first A second vertical edge provided to be orthogonal to the upper lateral edge on the side facing the vertical edge, and the first vertical edge on the side facing the upper lateral edge A first sub-panel having an outer periphery defined by a lower lateral edge that forms an acute angle α with respect to the first sub-panel, the first vertical edge being adjacent to one longitudinal edge of the main panel; A third longitudinal edge having the same length as the longitudinal edge of the main panel, directly on the third longitudinal edge. An upper lateral edge provided to the side, a fourth longitudinal edge provided to be orthogonal to the upper lateral edge on a side opposite to the third longitudinal edge, and the upper lateral edge An outer periphery is defined by a lower lateral edge that forms an acute angle α with respect to the third longitudinal edge on the side facing the edge, and the third longitudinal direction is formed on the other longitudinal edge of the main panel. A second sub-panel arranged with adjacent edges, a document storage section with a thickness w formed at the bottom of the main panel, and an adjacent lateral edge on the upper side of the main panel. An upper flap, between the one vertical edge of the main panel and the first sub-panel, between the other vertical edge of the main panel and the second sub-panel, and the upper flap And a wrinkle portion having a width w provided between the upper horizontal edge of the main panel The second sub-panel is folded and stacked on the document storage unit, the first sub-panel is folded and stacked on the second sub-panel, and the upper flap is further used as a document holder. The first sub-panel and the second sub-panel are used as a mail envelope by being folded and fixed to the upper part of the first sub-panel. It is configured to be used as a document stand that is inclined at an acute angle α with respect to the placement surface by joining the tip of the sub-panel and the tip of the second sub-panel. It is.

  The multipurpose document holder according to claim 2 of the present application is the document holder according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores a recording medium and a business card in both or either of the first sub panel and the second sub panel. It is characterized by being provided.

  According to the multi-purpose document holder of the present invention, even when a part of the document to be stored becomes unavailable due to change or the like, the information presented to the customer is always updated by replacing only the document. Can be left to. The multipurpose document holder of the present invention can be used not only as a document holder but also as a mail envelope or a document storage stand.

  Next, a multipurpose document holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a multi-purpose document holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A versatile document holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, indicated generally by the reference numeral 10 in FIG. 1, comprises a rectangular main panel 12. The main panel 12 has an outer periphery defined by a pair of opposed longitudinal edges 12a and 12b and a pair of opposed transverse edges 12c and 12d provided so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal edges 12a and 12b. It has been. In FIG. 1, the vertical edges 12a and 12b are shown to be longer than the horizontal edges 12c and 12d, but the horizontal edges 12c and 12d are longer than the vertical edges 12a and 12b. You may form so that it may become long.

  The multi-purpose document holder 10 is also disposed adjacent to the first sub-panel 14 disposed adjacent to one longitudinal edge 12a of the main panel 12 and the other longitudinal edge 12b of the main panel 12. And a second sub panel 16. A first flange portion 18 is provided between the vertical edge 12 a of the main panel 12 and the first sub panel 14, and between the vertical edge 12 b of the main panel 12 and the second sub panel 16. In addition, a second flange portion 20 is provided. The first and second flange portions 18 and 20 having an elongated rectangular shape with a width w constitute a thickness for storing a document when the multi-purpose document holder 10 is used.

  The first sub-panel 14 has a pair of opposed vertical edges 14a and 14b and a lateral edge 14c provided so as to be orthogonal to the vertical edges 14a and 14b. The longitudinal edge portion 14 a located on the main panel 12 side of the first sub-panel 14 has substantially the same length as the longitudinal edge portion 12 a of the main panel 12, and is located on the side opposite to the main panel 12. The vertical edge portion 14b has a shorter length than the vertical edge portion 12a of the main panel 12, so that the vertical edge portion 14b is formed on the side facing the horizontal edge portion 14c of the first sub panel 14 in the vertical direction. A lateral edge 14d that forms an angle α (α is an acute angle) with respect to the edge 12a is provided. The first sub-panel 14 forms a trapezoidal shape because the horizontal edge 14d is inclined with respect to the vertical edge 14a.

  Similarly to the first sub-panel 14, the second sub-panel 16 also has a pair of opposed vertical edges 16a and 16b and a horizontal edge 16c provided to be orthogonal to the vertical edges 16a and 16b. have. The vertical edge 16a located on the main panel 12 side of the second sub-panel 16 has substantially the same length as the vertical edge 12b of the main panel 12, and is located on the opposite side of the main panel 12. The vertical edge portion 16b has a shorter length than the vertical edge portion 12b of the main panel 12, so that the vertical edge portion 16b is formed on the side facing the horizontal edge portion 16c of the second sub panel 16 in the vertical direction. A lateral edge 16d that forms an angle α (α is an acute angle) with respect to the edge 12a is provided. The second sub-panel 16 forms a trapezoidal shape by the lateral edge 16d being inclined with respect to the vertical edge 16a.

  The versatile document holder 10 also includes a side flap 22 disposed adjacent to the longitudinal edge 14b of the first subpanel 14. A third flange portion 24 is provided between the longitudinal edge 14 b of the first sub-panel 14 and the side flap 22. The third flange portion 24 having an elongated rectangular shape with a width w constitutes a thickness for storing a document when the multi-purpose document holder 10 is used.

  The versatile document holder 10 also includes a lower flap 26 disposed adjacent to the lateral edge 12d of the main panel 12. Between the lateral edge 12d of the main panel 12 and the lower flap 26, a fourth eaves portion 28 having an elongated rectangular shape with a width w is provided. The lower flap 26 has a pair of opposed longitudinal edges 26a, 26b and a pair of opposed transverse edges 26c, 26d provided to be orthogonal to the longitudinal edges 26a, 26b. . A lateral edge 26 c located on the side of the main panel 12 of the lower flap 26 has substantially the same length as the lateral edge 12 d of the main panel 12 and is located on the side opposite to the main panel 12. The direction edge 26d also has substantially the same length as the lateral edge 12d of the main panel 12. Further, a first small flap 30 is disposed adjacent to the longitudinal edge 26a of the lower flap 26, a second small flap 32 is disposed adjacent to the longitudinal edge 26b of the lower flap 26, and the lower flap A fifth eaves portion 34 having an elongated rectangular shape with a width w is disposed between the first small flap 30 and the first small flap 30, and an elongated rectangular shape with a width w is disposed between the lower flap 26 and the second small flap 32. A sixth heel portion 36 is disposed.

  The versatile document holder 10 further comprises an upper flap 38 disposed adjacent to the lateral edge 12c of the main panel 12. Between the lateral edge 12c of the main panel 12 and the upper flap 38, a seventh eaves portion 40 having an elongated rectangular shape with a width w is provided.

  The multi-purpose document holder 10 of the present invention is made of a single sheet material (for example, a synthetic resin material such as paper or plastic), and the edge of each part indicated by a broken line in FIG. Is formed.

  In FIG. 1, reference numerals 42, 44, and 46 denote an adhesive portion provided on the side flap 22 (front surface), an adhesive portion provided on the main flap 12 (facing side surface), The adhesion part provided in 2 sub-flaps 16 (surface on the other side) is shown. As the bonding portion, a known means such as a normal pressure-sensitive adhesive or double-sided tape may be used. Moreover, you may provide an adhesion part in suitable locations other than the location shown in figure.

  Next, the use of the multipurpose document holder 10 of the present invention configured as described above will be described. The multi-purpose document holder 10 of the present invention can basically be used in three ways (document case, mail envelope, document stand). Note that a document storage unit is formed in any application. That is, the lower flap 26 is bent, an adhesive is applied to the small flaps 30 and 32 disposed at the edge of the lower flap 26, and the small flaps 30 and 32 are adhered to the main flap 12, thereby storing a document having a thickness w. A part is formed (see FIG. 2A).

  When the multi-purpose document holder 10 is used as a document holder, the second sub panel 16 is folded and stacked on the document storage unit (see FIG. 2B), and then the first sub panel 14 is folded. It overlaps on the 2nd sub panel 16 (refer FIG.2 (c)).

  When the multi-purpose document holder 10 is used as a mail envelope (same as a home delivery envelope), the upper flap 38 is further bent, and the upper flap 38 is attached to the first sub panel 14 using tape or the like (not shown). The multi-purpose document holder 10 is sealed (see FIG. 2D).

  When the multi-purpose document holder 10 is used as a document storage stand, the first sub-panel 14 and the second sub-panel 16 are folded back to the side opposite to the side where the document storage unit is located (FIG. 3B, FIG. 3). (See (c)), the tip of the second sub-panel 16 and the tip of the first sub-panel 14 are joined by the adhesive portion 42 of the side flap 22 (see FIG. 3D). As a result, a document placement stand that is inclined at an angle α with respect to the placement surface is formed (see FIG. 3E).

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say, it is something.

  For example, the first sub-panel 14 and / or the second sub-panel 16 may be provided with a recording medium storage unit for storing recording media such as CDs and DVDs, and a business card storage unit for storing business cards (in FIG. An example is shown in which the two sub-panels 16 are provided with these storage portions).

It is an expanded view of the multipurpose document holder which concerns on preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a series of figures which showed the procedure in the case of putting a multipurpose document holder of FIG. 1 into a document, and using it as a mail envelope. It is a series of figures which showed the procedure in the case of using the multipurpose document holder of FIG. 1 as a document storage stand. It is the figure which showed the modification which provided the recording-medium storage part and the business card storage part in the subpanel of the multipurpose document holder of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Multi-purpose document holder 12 Main panel 14 1st sub panel 16 2nd sub panel 22 Side flap 26 Lower flap 30 Upper flap 18, 20, 24, 28, 34, 36, 40 襠 part 42, 44, 46 Bonding part

Claims (2)

A multi-purpose document holder,
A rectangular main panel having an outer periphery defined by a pair of opposed longitudinal edges and a pair of opposed transverse edges provided perpendicular to the longitudinal edges;
A first longitudinal edge having the same length as the longitudinal edge of the main panel; an upper lateral edge provided orthogonal to the first longitudinal edge; and the first longitudinal edge. A second vertical edge provided on the opposite side so as to be orthogonal to the upper lateral edge, and an acute angle α with respect to the first vertical edge on the side facing the upper lateral edge A first sub-panel having an outer periphery defined by a lower lateral edge forming the first sub-panel, the first vertical edge being adjacent to one longitudinal edge of the main panel;
A third longitudinal edge having the same length as the longitudinal edge of the main panel; an upper lateral edge provided perpendicular to the third longitudinal edge; and a third longitudinal edge. A fourth longitudinal edge provided on the opposite side so as to be orthogonal to the upper lateral edge, and an acute angle α with respect to the third longitudinal edge on the side opposed to the upper lateral edge. A second sub-panel having an outer periphery defined by a lower lateral edge forming the second sub-panel, wherein the third vertical edge is adjacent to the other vertical edge of the main panel;
A document storage portion having a thickness w formed at a lower portion of the main panel;
An upper flap disposed adjacent to the upper lateral edge of the main panel;
Between the one vertical edge of the main panel and the first sub panel, between the other vertical edge of the main panel and the second sub panel, and the upper flap and the main panel Each having a flange portion with a width w provided between the upper lateral edge of
Folding the second sub-panel over the document storage unit, folding the first sub-panel over the second sub-panel and using it as a document holder,
Furthermore, it is used as a mailing envelope by folding the upper flap and fixing it to the upper part of the first sub-panel,
The first sub-panel and the second sub-panel are folded back to the side opposite to the side where the document storage unit is located, and the front end of the first sub-panel and the front end of the second sub-panel are joined. Use as a document stand that is inclined at an acute angle α to the surface.
A document holder characterized by being configured as follows. 2. The document according to claim 1, wherein a storage unit for storing a recording medium and a business card is provided in both or either one of the first sub-panel and the second sub-panel. holder.

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